VISAKHAPATNAM, July 11 (Agencies):Communist Party of India (Marxist) polit bureau member Brinda Karat today demanded the UPA government to bring a good Food Security Bill for the benefit of all sections of people in the country.

The UPA government had failed to bring the Food Security Bill though Left parties were demanding it since several years, Karat said while addressing party workers at a dharna organised by the CPI(M) district committee demanding food security in-front of Collector's office here.

She said though President Pratibha Patil, while addressing the joint parliamentary session three years back, announced to bring the Food Security Bill within 100 days, the UPA government had not taken any measures to implement it "due to lack of commitment".

Even after 65 years of independence, the Congress and successive governments had not taken any steps to eliminate poverty in the country, she alleged.

Though the country had enough food grains, the poor people were not getting it, she said adding that eight out of ten women were suffering from anaemia due to lack of nutritious food.

"This is a crime on the part of the UPA government for not taking proper action in providing enough food for the people," she alleged.

She said eight lakh crore tonnes of food grains were stocked in godowns and 66 lakh tonnes was lying outside the store houses, but the UPA Government had decided to export it to other countries for cattle and dogs instead of supplying it to poor people.

She also alleged that the agriculture lands were bring taken by the government from farmers and given to multinational companies in the name of special economic zones.

The Left parties would organise a five-day demonstration in front of the Parliament in New Delhi from July 30 to August 3 to demand proper food security for the people in the country, she said.

SRINAGAR, JUL 11: The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah here today said dialogue between New Delhi and Islamabad is the only way out to find solution to Kashmir issue and stressed that both India and Pakistan should work towards resolving smaller issue to build confidence.
“We are aware that bigger issues can’t be settled in just few meetings, therefore we would emphasize on the need for certain result-oriented immediate measures to address smaller issues like strengthening of cross LoC trade by co